Advent Calendar Blog Hop – Cookie Tray Gift

Real gingerbread are always missing a bite, or is that just in my kitchen?

Advent Calendar Cookie Tray

My advent calendar doubles as a gift. You can remove everything and have a usable cookie tray. Woo hoo! Wouldn’t it be great to give this away and get REAL gingerbread cookies in return? I knew you’d agree.

I used my Gypsy to help me save space and paper. I was able to fit 25 gingerbread men in a small area. I made 5 rows of 5 and each row was 5 inches long. That’s a lot of 5’s. I opened another tab so I could create all of the layers for the cookies.

This paper is by American Crafts. It has a slight texture to it.

I used white vinyl to create the frosting layer to my gingerbread. The gingerbread men are from the seasonal Cricut Gingerbread cartridge. If you’d like to see all the cuts from that cartridge, I made them all HERE.

Say What? I forgot what I was doing!

It wasn’t until I finished that I realized I’d cut out mittens when I’d meant to cut out kitchen gloves. LOL! Oh well, we’ll just pretend they are heavy duty kitchen mittens. I used the Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge for these “kitchen mittens”. I ran the mittens through my Cuttlebug using the Houndstooth embossing folder. The coolest thing I used was Marvy Liquid Applique. It’s so much fun to use. First you draw with it, then you use a heat tool/gun on it and it puffs up. I thought it would be perfect to create those little stitches. CUTE!

I love Zing embossing powder. I think it's my favorite.

That “Happy Holidays” stamp is from my All Around Sentiments stamps. I stamped it into a glue pad and then poured the Zing embossing powder on it. I used my heat gun to melt the embossing powder. Next, I used that 1-1/2″ punch to punch out the stamp. I stuck the finished product to a magnet. Now it will work perfectly as a date marker on the calendar!

What day is it? I'll just trust my little magnet to let me know.

See? Now all we have to do is move the magnet with my stamp on it to the correct day! YAY! Then we can treat ourselves with a piece of candy from around the sides of the cookie sheet. YUM! After we’ve eaten our whole project, we can use the cookie sheet to make more goodies. LOL! Oh, I used the Designer Calendar Cricut cartridge and red vinyl to create all the numbers on the gingerbread men.

Want to know more about using vinyl? You know what I’m going to say don’t you? Yep. Check out my Cricut Vinylology DVD. It will teach you everything you need to know about using vinyl.

Need vinyl? I like to buy mine from Expressions Vinyl.

Happy Holidays!

142 Comments

AmyStamper says:

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Wow, I love this–adorable! Liquid Applique is one of my fave embellies too! Thanks for the chance to win.
mimicaro says:

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Ijust love the cookie tray idea. Thanks for sharing. Would love to win the cricut markers. Now off to blog hopping!!!!!
csparky61 says:

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This is adorable and so do-able with my leftover scraps and fo course my new Cricut Expression. I may have to compromise a bit, as I have searched for a baking sheet that is magnetic. I am sure I can figure something out. Thanks for sharing.
MattTheScrappingKing says:

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Hey!!! I love what your doing and love the cookie sheet Idea…Might have to try that one lol………….Thanks for the opportunitty to win!! The tips video rlly helped me!! Thanks
Trisha says:

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This is so cute. I think the “kitchen” mittens really add to it. Great job. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

Trisha
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Peggy says:

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Just love this idea what a great gift. If you are a baker and love making cookies what a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Hope u had a great thanksgiving.
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krs1964 says:

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This is a great 2-for-1 idea and present. And, the fact that you made mittens rather than oven mitts makes me realize that there is help for me, too! Would love to win the markes. Thanks for sharing! Kelly
mumoftwo says:

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Hi Joy, It’s Michelle from the hop. I wanted to hop around and be inspired by everyone else’s calender. This is such a good idea, and a wonderful way to recycle. I love the circle stamp! I may have to add those stamps to my collection…
emmabo says:

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I love this idea so much, great for a present!
marymorris61 says:

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Cute! Cute! Cute! Always love the ideas you come up with!
mary89kay says:

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To Cute!! Thanks for the great ideas!!! Linda
cnrad11 says:

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Too cute! I really need to get that Christmas cartridge!
JodiThompson says:

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Very Cute!! I think I will give this a try for my little ones to “count down” untill Christmas!! TFS~!~!~!~
Indira says:

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Wonderful idea Joy, thanks for share it.

Indira
firelass says:

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I love the idea of being able to remove the decorations and actually use the cookie sheet..if you did remove them, wouldn’t it be cute to stick them on the fridge? Great job as always! TFS.
ladybugstamper says:

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Wow, what a wonderful calendar and idea. I think I’d be sure to send along a cookie recipe too, that way you’d double your chances of getting cookies in return. I am thinking I need to “case” this idea. Thanks.
crafty queen says:

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Thanks. Another use for cookie sheets and I like the give and receive method here. This is really a cute project.

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scottandcarr says:

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So many comments for this one…..first, I LOVE it!! Second, your ‘icing’ around your gngerbread men looks PERFECT! Did you hand draw the icing, or let the Cricut draw it on there for you? Third…did you stamp the top of your Zing Embossing Powder bottle?? 🙂
Cindylu2u says:

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Fantastic!! Love this ideal!! I want to try the Liquid Applique, thanks for sharing!!!
sheandra says:

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Great project. Thanks for sharing!
lberrett says:

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Love this idea for an advent calender. Thanks for the inspiration. Would love to win the cricut markers also. Enjoyed your blog. Thanks.
luvs2scrap says:

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Super cute! I sooo need to get a heat gun. I love the embossing look. Oh well, another item added to the Christmas wish list (lol).
marysophiesmama says:

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This is adorable, Joy! You are so creative, girl! Loved hopping with you!
Hugs,
Mary
shana says:

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Joy you are always thinking of something different. Great ideas, thanks,.

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Toni says:

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Super cute calendar! TFS.
babytigger22 says:

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awesome! i’ve been trying to figure out a way to make a countdown calendar b/c the ones at the store are so expensive and not as cute
simply me says:

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super cute project! I think that the mittens added the right touch! Thanks so much for sharing!
MichelleLuvs2Scrap says:

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Great Advent Calendar. Very Creative!
kimberli says:

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What an adorable idea!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
CyndiU says:

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WOW super cute! TFS and being part of the hop. This would be a great gift for each of my grandson’s teachers, and for my teacher granddaughter’s class.
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cathie W says:

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so very cute and what a great gift

cathie
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patriciao73 says:

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Very cute idea! Specially for a teacher too! How did you attach the peppermints? And the gingerbread cutouts? Thanks for sharing Joy! I hope to play with my cricut today!
Christine says:

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Such a cute idea! It looks great!
burffrau says:

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Oh my I can’t wait to try this. I have a friend who loves gingerbread men. What an awesome gift this will Make.
aecopenhaver says:

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OMG I love the cookie sheet idea!

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Tattinglady says:

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Cute, Cute, Cute. This project is on my “To Make” list. Great gift idea. Thanks for sharing. {Hugs} Peggy
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RavenB says:

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Joy I’ve been following your blog for a while now and you always have amazing ideas. BUT…this one takes the cake. I LOVE it.
Hugs,
Raven
Joni A says:

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Oh, that is just darling! Love stopping by to see what you have next…I’m always so inspired! Love the applique marker..never seen that before…great results! Thanks for the pen opportunity!
Hugs,
Joni
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scrap like u mean it says:

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love this calender its so cute the idea is great! thanks so much for sharing and the chance to win!
-jamie
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mom2tayandbay says:

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How cute! I need to find some of that liquid applique stuff! i wonder what section it is in at Michaels or HL? TFS

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Cricut Chick says:

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Joy…This does not surprise me at all! I LOVE IT! Where do you come up with this stuff? I want to go make cookies now. This is a great calendar and who cares if they’re mittins? LOL!

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chele422 says:

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Super easy advent calender idea and fun and practical on top of all that!! The kids and I now have a project to work on today!! Thanks Joy! And thanks for the blog hop as well!
toniamelhorn says:

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Cute and simple, just how I like it!!!
The Scrapbooking Queen says:

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Joy your calendar came out so stinkin’ cute I just love it…
The Gingerbread Men are perfect for the days and of course you used vinyl for the frosting part… love that bout you the tip you give us…
Thank you for sharing your talent and hoppin along with us :o)
The Scrapbooking Queen
Queenofmynest says:

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What a great gift idea! Thank you for sharing with us. You always have such good tips that help me a lot! AJ
debpaint16 says:

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Joy, What a Great & easy calendar, thanks for sharing!! I love the “mittens” instead of kitchen gloves, just looks like it fits!!!

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Ruthean says:

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Your sending that to me, for Christmas, right? LOL Just kidding! 🙂 Super Joy you have outdone yourself again! That is the cutest advent calender and the fact that it turns into a gift is so cool! Love it! I have a feeling that I am going to end up with 16 advent calendars.. maybe that’s how I will decorate this year. 🙂

Thanks so much for being a part of the hop!

Ruthie 🙂
scottandcarr says:

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okay….I must have started the blog hop too early and wasn’t awake yet. I see now how you did the “icing” on the gingerbread men. I’m awake now…
chale says:

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Joy, what a wonderful calendar, thank you for sharing. This would be something that I can make with my grandchildren. [email protected]
Hannah says:

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So glad I stumbled across your blog. You have such cute and great ideas! Love this one!! Thanks for the giveaway, too!